Sunset & Sunrise Today in Scranton, Pennsylvania

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Scranton at 6:21 PM, having risen at 7:14 AM. That works out to 11h 06m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Scranton falls at 12:48 PM.

Sitting at 41.41° latitude puts Scranton in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 40 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Scranton move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Scranton this evening is roughly 5:44 PM–6:39 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:39 PM to 6:49 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Scranton is at 6:19 PM and sunrise at 7:15 AM — about 2m 40s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Scranton drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Scranton, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Scranton ranges from as early as 4:32 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:40 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 09m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 10m.